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Nov. 25th, 2011 05:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shadowkatDoes anyone else do this? I feel myself automatically copy-editing as I read.
Example: "He stipulated in his will that his estate was to be divided up...dissolved to all intents and purposes if Black didn't settled down by his thirty-sixth birthday."
ME: Shouldn't that be "if Black hadn't settled down" or "if Black didn't settle down"?
The internet has ruined me. I've become insane about details and I copy-edit as I read. Either that or editors in the publishing world have gotten increasingly lazy.
I'm also apparently into details. Noticed this. Loving new book that I'm reading, because it feels realistic and I love the small details (and it is light and fluffy and romantic and as far away from George RR Martin's violent world as I can get. ;-)) Can be sloppy on some things. But not on those details.
And...I've come to the conclusion the UK and European Estate Law makes US Wills & Trusts or Estate law look like a paint-by-numbers design or an easy Fun with Dick and Jane elementary school primer in comparison. And trust me when I state that US Estate, Property and Contract law is not easy. Not by a long shot. But at least we don't have to deal with the whole Royalty bit.
Example: "He stipulated in his will that his estate was to be divided up...dissolved to all intents and purposes if Black didn't settled down by his thirty-sixth birthday."
ME: Shouldn't that be "if Black hadn't settled down" or "if Black didn't settle down"?
The internet has ruined me. I've become insane about details and I copy-edit as I read. Either that or editors in the publishing world have gotten increasingly lazy.
I'm also apparently into details. Noticed this. Loving new book that I'm reading, because it feels realistic and I love the small details (and it is light and fluffy and romantic and as far away from George RR Martin's violent world as I can get. ;-)) Can be sloppy on some things. But not on those details.
And...I've come to the conclusion the UK and European Estate Law makes US Wills & Trusts or Estate law look like a paint-by-numbers design or an easy Fun with Dick and Jane elementary school primer in comparison. And trust me when I state that US Estate, Property and Contract law is not easy. Not by a long shot. But at least we don't have to deal with the whole Royalty bit.
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Date: 2011-11-25 10:34 pm (UTC)Kathleen
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Date: 2011-11-26 12:02 am (UTC)